Comunas vs El Negro

A side-by-side comparison of Comunas and El Negro: population, income, housing, and more.

Comunas and El Negro are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Comunas has the higher population (3,187 vs 1,259 in El Negro). Comunas has the higher median household income ($30,689 vs $26,354 in El Negro). Comunas has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $100,300 in El Negro).

Population, income & housing

	Comunas	El Negro
Population	3,187	1,259
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,689	$26,354
Median home value	$105,900	$100,300
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	1,243	489
Homeownership rate	73.8%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	21.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comunas	El Negro
Population	758 → 3,187 (+320.4%)	1,613 → 1,259 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$11,745 → $30,689 (+161.3%)	$15,227 → $26,354 (+73.1%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $105,900 (+20.9%)	$77,700 → $100,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $844 (+17.5%)	—

Comunas

Population

7583,187

Median household income

$11,745$30,689

Median home value

$87,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$718$844

El Negro

Population

1,6131,259

Median household income

$15,227$26,354

Median home value

$77,700$100,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comunas	El Negro
Under 5	0.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	21.7%	14.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	8.3%
75 and over	8.9%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comunas	El Negro
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comunas	El Negro
No high school diploma	18.6%	38.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comunas	El Negro
Drove alone	89.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comunas	El Negro
1-unit, detached	90.7%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	31.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comunas	El Negro
Poverty rate	48.4%	54.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1991